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Format: 22/09/2023
Format: 22/09/2023
2019.12 December 2019
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Big Carl - The World's Largest Crane

Engineers and lifting specialists at Hinkley Point C worked through the night to successfully complete the first big lift by the world’s largest crane. The 250m tall “Big Carl” crane lifted a 170 tonne prefabricated part of the reactor’s steel containment liner into place at 4.30am on Weds (Dec 18). The lift had been carefully planned to take advantage of a small weather window last night.
The view south across the Hinkley Point C Construction Site showing the main excavations and pipework for the cooling water systems of unit 1.
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Update on Hinkley Point C project

The Hinkley Point C project successfully delivered J-0, the completion of the nuclear island “common raft” for its first unit in June 2019, in line with the schedule announced in September 2016. Following this major milestone a detailed review of the project’s costs, schedule and organisation was performed.

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